When Big Oil occupies our political system, we will #OccupyStateDept #NoKXL

Cross-posted at WeArePowerShift.org The movement to Occupy Wall St. is snowballing and in recent days, the climate movement has joined it . We stand with Occupy Wall St and demand that Obama reject the Keystone XL pipeline. This Friday, the State Department is hosting the final public hearing on the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline. Indigenous leaders, faith leaders, people from pipeline states, and environmental leaders from across the country are coming to DC to testify -- but their voices might not be heard. TransCanada and Big Oil are occupying our political system, it's time for us to #OccupyStateDept . At previous hearings along the pipeline route, big corporations and their front groups have bussed people in, paid for line sitters, and skirted the rules. And just this week we learned that Big Oil lobbyist Paul Elliott has been receiving preferential treatment and occu...